Beauty Standards Don't Differ Across The World and They Don't Change Through Time

[Anonymous]

Beauty standards aren't that different from culture to culture. Beauty standards don't "change" over time. For each culture, there have been some trends that came and left. But the most important beauty standards such as facial symmetry and healthy skin never go away. And those traits are desirable around the world and they were desirable throughout evolution till today. I will start off by pointing out the 1940s to 1960s. The beauty vintage icons and the handsome actors of that time period are still considered conventionally attractive to this day even though those faces are not from this time period.

They didn't have pictures in 1500s, but here is a sculpture from Italy that looks like an almost realistic, human man. David has a great body. He is considered conventionally attractive on today's beauty standards. This sculpture looks better than today's average man...

This is a very ancient statue from Egypt that dates back before 1255 BC. This statue's face is considered conventionally attractive on today's beauty standards. You can tell she is a lot prettier than today's average woman even though there is a missing iris and chopped off ears...

These ladies are from the Qajar dynasty of Iran (1925 and before). During that time period, the unibrow was a popular trend in Iran. Even though unibrows are not considered attractive on anyone in the West, you can tell these girls are conventionally attractive. If you ripped the unibrows off these girls, they would still be considered attractive on today's standards...

This is a really old statue but I assume he looked even more handsome when they first sculpted him. This shows you that beauty standards existed in ancient China as well. This guy is also considered attractive on today's beauty standards. Healthy soldiers were successful in the army and they were usually the most attractive/healthy looking soldiers. This is why this solider had a statue crafted after his image.

This is a statue of the Hindu goddess named Lakshmi. If you pay attention to her face, she has most of the beauty standards and she has Indian features as well. She is the most beautiful hindu goddess statue.

Forensic geneticists and archaeologists have found that the Incas sacrificed the most healthiest and attractive children. Yes, these children are considered attractive on today's standards. And they were considered attractive by their tribe 500 years ago. That's why their tribe thought these children were the best things to sacrifice...

[abundantlyrich]

The features the people of long time ago have found to be attractive are all related to fertlity. Female voluptousness, big thighs, big hips, big breasts, round figure and round faces.

[John_Doesnt]

Tell this to the weirdos who pierce their lower lip.

[LittleSally]

Nuances of it definitely do, though. Skin color standards (tanned - west, pale - east), overall body frame (big breasts and ass - west, small frame overall - east), facial features are more specified in the east (face shape, chin, cheeks, eye shape, etc...), while the west only cares they're symmetrical.

[Indian-African]

Six pack abs
Big Penis
Chiseled face
6ft tall height

[Rainie_]

Beauty standards change all the time and they are different in different countries most definitely.

Go to East Asia and the beauty standard is ghost white pale skin, while most of west prefers tanned skin (too white and they think you look sickly), of course that wasn't always the case as very pale white skin used to be a preference in the past, so much so that they'd powder their faces with arsenic. But now they destroy their skin with excessive UV light.

Another example is Mauritania where obese women has long been the preference because men was attracted to that, but that preference is now changing due to influence of social media.

Like I said beauty standards change all the time.
One thing I can say though is that preference to facial symmetry is indeed universal.

[vishna]

I agree clear skin and facial symmetry are very important to beauty, and I agree those are simply things we have evolved as a species to like.
However, how do you know what the sacrificed Incan children looked like and how could they be compared to any beauty standards. Has there been any face restoration with clay or something?
This is the picture I saw of one mummy child.
img.koreatimes.co.kr/upload/newsV2/images/inch.jpg

[mistixs]

Doesn't David also have a really tiny dick? That shows differences between their culture and ours.

Also, many images of nude Egyptian goddesses, such as this Goddess Nut, show their pubic hair, an aversion to which many men today consider "natural."

www.fromcairo.com/.../...20art%20nout%20double.jpg

[PowerPrincess]

Depends on your definition of ''changes through time.''
In pre-WW2 Japan, small breasted girls were considered to be more attractive than big breasted girls. Come the American occupation and suddenly the American ideal of big breasted girls was the ideal.
Now its true that the breast itself has remained attractive through time, but this is still clear evidence of change.

[Pomegranate139]

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He's considered attractive because he is perfectly symmetrical.

[Anonymous]

Yes, it's true that facial symmetry matters, but it's not the only factor.
Some aspects of beauty change within time according to what people in a position of power prefer. America and Europe influence the world in a very big way, so conventional beauty standards nowadays a eurocentric.
They change even from the point of view of what healthy looks like. Back in the 90's rail thin, bones poking out type of thin, was considered the epitome of beauty, nowadays it's all about the muscle mass.

[Anonymous]

Some aspects change, some don't.

The most variable is the level of body fat considered most attractive.

High facial symmetry etc. and other signs of health will always be a plus.

[lifes_curve_ball]

Some aspects may be similar but that doesn't mean other aspects don't differ with time and region or even with individual to individual, after all beauty is ultimately subjective.

[Anonymous]

Beauty is in the eyes of the beholder, standards are just a form of generalization. For example - Lots of people like Elizabeth Taylor, or Marilyn Monroe, but they are not my type at all.

[helloitsmethere]

Don't forget that in the Caribbean, the ideal body type is 'curvy'. Even in the 90s.